Research Databases

Doing research online? Want good results? The following links are premier databases and webpages that have been evaluated by Heights Library staff. Please note that some premier databases require a library card to access from home.

Foundation Center

The Foundation Center Funding Information Network at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is a body of resources that individual researchers and nonprofit organizations can use to research funding opportunities from foundations and corporations.Visit our Foundation Center page

Main Database List

(Important: To use the New York Times Digital Database, you will have to register for a NYT.com account the first time you use it.)

Middle Search Plus Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.Tags: Biography, History, Research, Primary Documents, Articles, Images

Novelist K-8 Plus Novelist K-8 helps librarians, teachers, parents, and other adults who care about children in grades K-8 find fiction and non-fiction books to read tailored to their reading level and interests. Or, kids can try it themselves to help them select books they will enjoy. Using simple search techniques, find helpful resources such as expert reading recommendations, read-alikes, book discussion guides, thematic book lists and more.Tags: children, fiction, non-fiction, children's, book reviews, reader's advisory, reading, read-alikes

World Book en Espanol World Book Encyclopedia available in a Spanish edition. Paid for by Ohio Web Library. Must have an Ohio Library card to access from home.
Tags: Encyclopedias, Spanish

World Book Online World Book Online is a collection of research websites organized according to grade level.
Websites offered: Early World of learning (Pre-k-3), World Book for Kids (k-8), Students (k-8), and Advanced (9-12)Tags: Encyclopedias, Primary Documents, Children's